Thrift stores in Greensboro
- 16 shops
- 6 thrift
- 10 used books & secondhand
- within 4 mi of downtown
West Gate City Boulevard holds three of Greensboro's 16 stores, with pairs on Mill Street and Spring Garden Street. None of them sit close enough together to count as a walk. Salvation Army has three branches and Goodwill two, and two used bookstores are listed.
Chains with several branches: Salvation Army (3) · Goodwill (2)
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The Salvation Army Thrift store
West Gate City Boulevard · 27406
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The Second Hand Book Used bookstore
Spring Garden Street
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The Salvation Army Thrift store1.0 mi
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UNCG Salvation Army Thrift store
South Josephine Boyd Street
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Goodwill Thrift store2.5 mi
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Shoppes on Patterson Secondhand store2.9 mi
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Family Room Thrift store
South Westgate Drive
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Goodwill Thrift store
West Gate City Boulevard
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Book hunting in Greensboro
Nearest-first is a decent route plan on its own: cluster your visits, start with the shops closest to each other, and save the outliers for days you're passing anyway. Thrift stores re-shelve constantly, most put new donations out every day or two, so a shop that was quiet on Saturday can be a different shop by Wednesday. Weekday mornings beat weekend afternoons, and it's always worth asking staff when the book cart comes out.
8 of the shops here have their opening hours on record, and 3 of those open on Sundays. Where no hours are listed, nobody has recorded them yet. 8 of the 16 are general second-hand shops.
If you want the odds on your side, read our guides to finding good books in thrift and charity shops and spotting the books worth grabbing before you set out.
Donating books in Greensboro
6 of the shops here are charity-run and take book donations during opening hours. Ask at the counter for a receipt if you want to claim the donation against tax. Shops pay to dispose of what they cannot sell, so a bad donation costs the charity money. The test before you pack a bag: would someone buy this today? Recent fiction, classics, cookery and children's books move. Old textbooks, out-of-date travel guides and anything damp or mouldy do not.
Our guide to where to donate books covers which shops suit which books, and what to do with a whole house clear-out.
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